The Greeting Committee

The Greeting Committee

The Greeting Committee is an indie rock and alternative pop group from Overland Park, Kansas, active since 2014. The line-up consists of Austin Fraser, Addison Sartino, Pierce Turcotte and Brandon Yangmi.

Formation and early work

The band forms when singer-songwriter Addie Sartino, then a high school student, decides she does not want to perform alone. She calls guitarist Brandon Yangmi, who helps assemble the group by bringing in drummer Austin Fraser and bassist Pierce Turcotte. From the start, the band builds its material collaboratively.

Shortly after forming, the group begins work on its first EP, It’s Not All That Bad. The record is written over a few months and recorded in the basement where the band writes and rehearses. The songs grow out of jam sessions, which are first captured as phone recordings and then developed further by Sartino singing along to them in the car on the way home from practice until the lyrics take shape.

Style and approach

The Greeting Committee’s sound is described as alternative pop with indie rock and indie pop elements. Alongside the music, the group places emphasis on collaboration and treats the project as a wider creative collective rather than only a band. They aim to involve other creative people and listeners in that process.